OK. So on another thread (creamed chipped beef), I noticed Michael in FTW was at one time stationed and NAS Millington, Tennesee. It brought back memories for me as I too spent time there (1 year to be exact). So I propose that all of you ex or present military out there list where you've been stationed. For me, here is where I've been, in order:

I did a stretch at the Salvation Army in South Omaha in the 80's ("word up" to all of you youngsters who desire a career in music)

Didn't visit any "ports", although Port wine was a popular beverage amongst the old-timers

Favorite Activities

Ping-Pong
Television
Kitchen duty

Just for clarification, I hope everyone realizes this was tongue-in-cheek. And I would like to offer up my heartfelt thanks to all of you who have served, or are currently serving in the Military. At the risk of sounding cliche', I for one realize that freedom isn't free, and I hope everyone appreciates that.

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__________________Mess with me and you mess with the whole trailer park!!!
Bob

Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas
Chanute field Rantoul Ill Propeller tech school 19 weeks
Yakota air base close to Tokyo 2 yrs
Okinawa 2 weeks
Iwo Jima over night
Wake Island about 10 hours
Mid Way Island 6 hours
Hawaii 1 week
Travis AFB California in and out of Travis many times
Mccord AFB Tacoma WA. 1 1/2 yrs
Anchorage Alaska 8 times about six months temparary duty
Fairbanks Alaska -72*F below zero when I landed there 3 days
Portland Or.1 week
Home to Des Moines
4 yrs United States Air Force
Honorable Discharge
Would not take a million dollars for my experience but would not do it again for any amount of money
I wanted to cook and bake and they wanted me to be a aeroplane mechanic
I went back to cooking 3 days after I got home been at it ever since

Fort Gordon, Augusta Georgia, 8 weeks basic training and after a week of leave 16 weeks of radio operator training (the first week was KP - I had pots and pans :) and then learning morse code so that it became an automatic reflex.

Fort Dix New Jersey to be shipped (flown) out

The remainder of three years volunteer service with the 3rd Armored Cavalry in Kaiserslautern, German. It was almost a vacation. Would not repeat but I'm glad I served. Hardest thing I had to do was to get used to the revolving radio shift schedule. Kinda messed up my sleep. :)

I smile about something that wasn't a smiling matter really, the boys were by then dying in South Vietnam.

A heartfelt THANK YOU to any and all veterans, currently serving or retired.

I never served. I should have. I had a US Army recruiter chasing me in high school. He was going to put me into Intelligence. That scary thing is, I probably would have done very well there, as that's how I think.

I'm a Navy brat. I was born in a Navy hospital in Portsmouth, VA. I don't remember it, but we lived in Millington, TN, for about 6 months, where my little sister was born. After that, we moved to Japan for 3 1/2 years. A little while in Nagasaki, and the remainder in Yokohoma. I barely remember Nagasaki, and have a lot of memories Yokohoma. When we came back state-side, my dad was stationed at NAS Oceana for awhile, then shipped out to the USS Nimitz after the Lybians tried to launch a couple fighters at her. I did spend a week on board the USS Nimitz on a Father-Tiger cruise. After that, about a year or so, my dad retired out of the US Navy and we moved back to OK.

and a big THANK YOU FROM MY FAMILY AND I TOO. i have a son that has been in the USN since 12/1999. he graduated from boot camp in great lakes, ill, has been all over the world since and is now doing shore duty in washington. i have to say "i am EXTREMELY PROUD of him. again, a big THANK YOU to all who have and are now serving. I APPRICIATE and LOVE you all. you are our HERO'S.